New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday praised the Union Budget 2025, calling it a "victory of the middle class."

Speaking to ANI, Chaturvedi says, "It's a victory of the middle class; mainly because of them (BJP in Lok Sabha elections) being limited to 240 seats. In the last 10 years, the middle class had this demand - today they have been heard and hence I welcome that (no income tax on income of up to Rs 12 lakhs). Second thing, Bihar must be thinking if it can have an election every year."

In her Union Budget 2025 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that no income tax would be payable on income up to Rs 12 lakh, providing significant relief to taxpayers, particularly the middle clas...